Table of Contents Introduction Just-in-time is a new system created by Taiichi Ohno in Japan in the early 1970s at a Toyota car assembly plant. It was created to reduce cost and eliminate inventory. Basically the idea of JIT is to produce necessary items at the necessary time in the necessary quantity needed. It is a management philosophy and not a technique‚ which is associated with the management process and not the end-result. In other words‚ the idea is to supply materials
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Joachim Brandt reportedly visited the Hamburg shipyard to do interviews for a story. As they were leaving‚ they heard the drone of aircraft engines. Looking up‚ they saw the sky filled with warplanes. Bombs began exploding around them‚ and within a short time‚ the area was a raging inferno. Brandt snapped pictures of the devastation and the two drove back into Hamburg‚ but when the film was developed‚ there was no evidence of the attack. The pairs’ editor accused the men of being drunk and discounted
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Kanban-an Integrated JIT System 1-0 INTRODUCTION Japanese are good at manufacturing. Just ask any global producers of automobiles‚ copiers‚ or personal electronics what happened in the 1980s. They will probably tell you how the Japanese captured a large share of the global-market by creating world-class standards in design‚ materials‚ and management. What is often overlooked is the attempt to understand how the Japanese industry succeeds at the services that support the manufacturing process (Krajewski
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Deliberately Just What is the relation between truth and knowledge? An interconnection between truth and knowledge absolutely exist. When fact is discerned from fiction‚ truth is found. Judgement is salvaged through human experience; and is developed by asking questions. Inquires play a central role in learning‚ provide a starting point toward advanced cognition‚ and inquests lead to answers; revealing truth. The enlightnement human beings possess‚ are the foundation of belief. However‚ not
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Progressive A Just Cause‚ Not a Just War by Howard Zinn I believe two moral judgments can be made about the present "war": The September 11 attack constitutes a crime against humanity and cannot be justified‚ and the bombing of Afghanistan is also a crime‚ which cannot be justified. And yet‚ voices across the political spectrum‚ including many on the left‚ have described this as a "just war." One longtime advocate of peace‚ Richard Falk‚ wrote in The Nation that this is "the first truly just war since
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Reflection Paper 1: Just War Many people ponder to the question: when is war just? We also ponder if war is necessary and when is it necessary and if there are other ways to settle the discrepancy. Throughout time war has brought on a lot of pain‚ pressure and countless number of casualties. And to me I believe it is not fair to innocent worldwide citizens. To experience or to hear about such destruction and chaos brings a shiver down my spine. Why do countries have to go to war? Why can’t they
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1. Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the Just-In-Time system‚ the advantages and disadvantages of the system and how it would benefit AG & Z. The Just-In-Time (JIT) system is a process where goods are ordered as required‚ as opposed to the currently used batch processing system where goods are made in bulk and stored in warehouses until sold. The Just-In-Time system was initially developed to not only cut down the amount of waste produced by other systems‚
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As reader leader‚ I decided to do my summary on “What Is a Just War?” by Jean Bethke Elshtain. Elshtain opens by discussing the main priority of any government: providing security‚ thus ensuring tranquility. Elshtain makes the point that civic peace and security are the foundations for all the other human rights. For example‚ for someone to exercise their right of freedom of speech‚ that person should be able to exercise their right without fear of consequence. A flaw‚ as Elshtain points out‚ in
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Fiction Book Report Peg Kehret Runaway Twin Thirteen year-old Sunny Skyland is a foster child who has been through many foster homes. Life with Rita‚ her new foster mother‚ is perfect‚ except for Rita’s rules of only healthy food. Even so‚ Sunny loves her life with Rita and doesn’t want anything to change. But there is only one problem. Starr‚ Sunny’s long lost twin. Sunny had a picture from when she was a kid‚ and there is another child‚ who she finds out is her twin. Sunny is desperate
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Just Say No? We all know that making the choice to start smoking is most often an adolescent’s decision made in response to peer-pressure: teenagers wanting to appear cool‚ independent‚ sophisticated and glamorous to their friends. Anti-smoking commercials always seem to be directed at teens. I remember from my younger days‚ “Just say no” was a popular catch-phrase. Today‚ I can turn my television to any random station and‚ sooner rather than later‚ I am going to run across an anti-tobacco
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